Comments on: Lions continue to confound themselves with slow startshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comSun, 02 Aug 2015 18:40:04 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: bargainstownhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2123688
Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:33:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2123688If it were the truth it would hurt. But it is fantasy
]]>By: eezyxyzhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2123662
Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:15:37 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2123662“The last two Super Bowl winners were 7-7 going into the last two weeks of the year.”

The Packers were actually 8-6 back in 2010 going into the last two weeks … but I see his point.

]]>By: jmacphee9http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2123420
Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:34:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2123420decent teams dont always get to dance in december though in the nfl.
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Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:33:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2123419getatmeplease says:
Nov 17, 2012 12:02 PM
“and one of the top three or four receivers in the game.”

I’m struggling to think of one WR that’s better, much less two or three.

i agree 100% with this statement, and other then that statement i agree with the article.

this is what happens when you dont address needs in the offseason and draft. “best player available” is how bad teams become decent. filling needs via draft is how decent teams become great. lions were in that decent team category last year, and this is the result, another decent team with a very hard schedule/division. going 0-2 against the vikings really sunk the season.

]]>By: youcantfixstupid2012http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2123191
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:43:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2123191I have said all along that CJ will be a lot like Barry Sanders, tons of great numbers but nothing to show for it.
I think it is better to have 2-3 good skill players at a position then have 1 megastar. Larry Fritz is great but what is he going to have when he is done, nothing.
]]>By: jimmylionshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2123184
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:27:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2123184Tulloch is correct. All three aspects of the Lions team, offense, defense, special teams, are capable of playing well. They haven’t had all three play well in the same game.

Winning tomorrow against Green Bay is important. They’ll need the momentum going into a short week against a very tough Houston team — that’s also a very important game.

Tomorrow being an old NFC Norris division rivalry makes the game especially fun.

“I’m struggling to think of one WR that’s better, much less two or three.”

Anyone with more than two freakin’ TDs in 9 games.

]]>By: derklempnerhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2123044
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:22:39 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2123044“The last two Super Bowl winners were 7-7 going into the last two weeks of the year.”

I’m trying to figure out how the 2010 Packers, who were 10-6, was a 7-7 team going into week 16.

I think you could argue for Brandon Marshal or Julio Jones being ahead of him too based upon this season

Did you make an early stop at the liquor store?

]]>By: bargainstownhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2123019
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:02:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2123019“I’m struggling to think of one WR that’s better, much less two or three.”

A.J Greene is definitely better.

I think you could argue for Brandon Marshal or Julio Jones being ahead of him too based upon this season.

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HaHaHa
What a joke

]]>By: Dustin Chace Whitehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122970
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:04:04 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122970“I’m struggling to think of one WR that’s better, much less two or three.”

A.J Greene is definitely better.

I think you could argue for Brandon Marshal or Julio Jones being ahead of him too based upon this season.

]]>By: thestrategyexperthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122955
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:52:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122955I think I have nailed down the Lions problems for years and they have yet to try my ideas of roster strategy to get an overall dominant team on the field that makes sense. Every year I summarize exactly what they are doing wrong and every year I’m proven to be dead on balls accurate with my critiques of exactly where they go wrong.

So my hand has been raised continuously every day for the last 5+ years.

]]>By: flickaboogiehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122895
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:51:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122895One word -Injuries. They have the talent but not enough depth . Signing players off the street every other week has a terrible effect on team chemistry.
]]>By: stevenfbracketthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122894
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:51:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122894I honestly believe their problems stem from a lack of discipline from the top down.

If the GM had discipline, he wouldn’t bring in so many shady people who are constantly in trouble off field.

If the coaching staff had discipline, they wouldn’t be allowing these shady people to constantly get away with their undisciplined behavior on field.

If the players had discipline, they wouldn’t be constantly hit or miss or making way too many big penalties every game.

If they ever get a handle on the team and organizational lack of discipline they would immediately win several more games a season – or at least lose respectably.

]]>By: rmc1995http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122863
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:19:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122863It’s really pretty simple. Two games were lost because of special teams giving up two TDs in each of those losses. They have also played six of their first nine games on the road. Better special teams play and a more balanced schedule and they could easily be 6-3 or 7-2.
]]>By: getatmepleasehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122851
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:02:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122851“and one of the top three or four receivers in the game.”

I’m struggling to think of one WR that’s better, much less two or three.

]]>By: cannonballdookiehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122845
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:58:31 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122845It’s not hard to realize last season was a fluke. They are a good team, but not that great and they constantly fought back from huge deficits late in games last year, that kind of play is unsustainable. They have a lot of players who’ve been good in flashes, for a game or two, but can’t really stay consistent.
]]>By: riverace19http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122840
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:53:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122840When you have a coach like Schwartz, it’s like having an in-line regulator in the system. You can only go so fast.
]]>By: stevesabatohttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122835
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:50:39 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122835Either Stafford waits until the 4th to start taking shots downfield, or Linehan waits until the 4th to open the offense up. One of these things happens every week.
]]>By: johnnycash19http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/17/lions-continue-to-confound-themselves-with-slow-starts/#comment-2122823
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:42:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1539611#comment-2122823Of course, it’s reasonable to wonder if they’re mature enough to build upon last year’s success, after an offseason of all the wrong kind of headlines.
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I don’t think the “wrong kind of headlines” has affected them. You could argue that Fairley has played as good if not better than Suh (that could speak more of Suh than Fairley) and Leshoure has been a hit or miss guy each week. The other guys aren’t even on the team.